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The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, there are “signals” indicating that Russia wants to start talks with Georgia, but it is impossible under the current condition when MOSCOW continues occupying 20% of the country’s territory, Grigol Vashadze, the Georgian foreign minister, said on October 16.
“Signals are coming that they [Russian authorities] want to start talking with us; but they want to do that just for one reason – in order to then run to Brussels or Washington to say: ‘we are already negotiating with them [Georgians], it is not a problem any more’,” Vashadze told Rustavi 2 TV’s political talk show, Position.
He said Russia’s tactic was imposing, what MOSCOW calls, “new reality” that emerged after the August war and “starting talks with rest of 80% of Georgia from empty page.”
“No matter who comes into power in Georgia, no one will start talks with Russia unless de-occupation of our territories,” Vashadze said.
“Let them start direct talks with MOSCOW now, who have a treason on their mind,” he said. “I will immediately resign if someone does that.”
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